PHOENIX (Ticker) -- Rasheed Wallace buried a turnaround jumper
with 1.3 seconds to go and Scottie Pippen capped a big game with
a block at the buzzer as the Portland Trail Blazers posted a
92-90 triumph over the Phoenix Suns.

Wallace compensated for a missed free throw with 25 seconds left
by sinking a jumper over Oliver Miller from the left baseline.
The Suns called timeout and set up a shot for Tom Gugliotta near
the left elbow. But as Gugliotta went up for the potential
tying hoop, Pippen got enough of the ball to knock it away.

"Rasheed has been doing a great job for us late in games,"
Portland coach Mike Dunleavy said. "We had the look. We felt
that was a good matchup for us. He's very good at being
aggressive with his move and he delivered."

"We had been working that matchup the whole game," Pippen added.
"We wanted to get the last shot and I thought Rasheed did a
great job."

Wallace scored 21 points and Pippen collected 13, nine rebounds
and eight assists for the Trail Blazers, who have won 11 of
their last 15 meetings with the Suns and swept Phoenix in the
first round of the playoffs last season.

Gugliotta and Cliff Robinson scored 19 points each for the Suns,
who had their six-game home winning streak snapped. Phoenix has
dropped two straight after winning seven in a row.

"That was a good game, I thought we played well," Suns coach
Danny Ainge said. "I thought our defense was good."

The Suns led by 13 after one quarter and 49-33 with three
minutes left in the first half. The Trail Blazers closed the
half with a 9-2 burst to draw within 51-42 at the break.

Portland opened the third quarter with 10 straight points to
take its first lead of the game. Pippen had six in the run,
including a layup that capped the spurt at 52-51 with 9:46 left
in the quarter.

"We were attacking the bucket a little more," Portland point
guard Damon Stoudamire said. "We were hitting some shots in that
second half. In the first half, we weren't giving ourselves a
chance because we had a lot of turnovers. Even when they were
pulling away from us, we were able to stay with reach."

"We kind of had them on their heels for most of the first half,"
Gugliotta said. "We came out a little lackadaisical in the
second half but we knew they were going to make a run. They are
one of the best teams in the league and we just couldn't get it
done in the last three or four minutes."

The game remained tight throughout most of the second half and
Portland opened an 85-82 edge following a 13-footer by Pippen
with 2:30 to go. Rodney Rogers knotted the contest 52 seconds
later with a 3-pointer and the teams traded empty possessions.

Wallace missed a layup with 57 seconds remaining but Brian Grant
tipped it in for an 87-85 advantage. Fifteen seconds later, a
three-point play by Gugliotta gave Phoenix the lead.

Portland called timeout and Miller quickly fouled Wallace, who
made both from the line with 36 seconds left. Wallace blocked
Rogers' layup attempt with 28 seconds to go and was fouled. He
made 1-of-2 for a 90-88 lead.

Jason Kidd, who had 10 points and 10 assists, found Gugliotta
for a layup that knotted the contest, 90-90, and set up the
finish.

"It was a hard-fought game," Robinson added. "Both teams really
played hard to try and get the win. They had a few more plays
down the stretch."